FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Jan. 27, 2021) — Due to inclement weather, an early, staggered release for non-mission essential personnel is authorized for Wednesday, Jan. 27.

Supervisors are encouraged to manage early release with the following guidance beginning at 2 p.m. today:

2:00 p.m., personnel who reside 30 miles or more from Fort Leonard Wood

2:30 p.m., personnel who reside 20 miles or more from Fort Leonard Wood

3:00 p.m., personnel who reside 10 to 20 miles from Fort Leonard Wood

3:30 p.m., personnel who reside less than 10 miles from Fort Leonard Wood

4:00 p.m., personnel who reside on the installation.

A reminder to parents, Child Development Center 615 at 596-0210, Child Development Center 408 at 596-0182 and School Age Center at 596-0239 will close at 4:30 p.m. (30 minutes after the last release).

All MWR facilities, to include fitness centers, will close at 4:30 p.m.

For appointments at the General Leonard wood Army Community Hospital, call the appointment line at 866.299.4234 for recorded information about hospital service closures.

For current road conditions on the installation, call the SNAIR hotline at 573.563.4141, or visit the SNAIR web page at https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/Garrison/weather.

Updates can also be found on the official Fort Leonard Wood Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fortleonardwoodmissouri/.

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post more than 75 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains more than 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.

More information about Fort Leonard Wood is at: https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/about/mission